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      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Dogs... " - REV. 04/09/99 - ACT TWO      24.

27   CONTINUED:

					QUARK (Cont'd)
				(magnanimous)
			There'll also be a place for my
			dear brother, my brave nephew, my
			lovely sister in-law --


					ROM 
			Liquidator Brunt!

					QUARK 
			Not him.

					ROM 
			No, he's here.

	The crowd parts, REVEALING BRUNT in the doorway. He 
	approaches Quark, sweeping people aside with his 
	usual contemptuous sneer.

					QUARK 
			What brings you this time, Brunt?

					BRUNT 
			Ferenginar is rife with rumors. 
			They say the Grand Nagus is 
			coming to D.S. Nine to name his 
			successor.

					QUARK 
			For once, the rumors are right.

					BRUNT 
			I see.

	There's a beat, then Brunt falls to his knees and 
	kisses Quark's hand.

					BRUNT 
			A thousand congratulations, my 
			Nagus!

					NOG 
			He's not Nagus yet.

					BRUNT 
			It's never too early to suck up 
			to the boss.

					ROM 
			It won't work, Brunt. No amount 
			of groveling can make up for all 
			the trouble you've caused.

					BRUNT 
				(to Quark) 
			Give me a chance.